"Liar, Liar, River On Fire" Closing Reception

Saturday, April 30 (6-10 p.m.)
 
Beauty & Brawn Gallery and Think Space
3501 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL  60647

free and open to the public, all ages

_You’re invited to come to the closing reception of Liar, Liar, River On Fire—an exhibition of powerful woodcut prints and sculptural works by Corey Hagelberg. Liar, Liar, River On Fire relates to environmental issues on the South Shore of Lake Michigan. This region, beginning on Chicago’s South Side, is one of the most biodiverse, yet also one of the most industrialized, regions of the United States.
 
Hagelberg’s work seeks to blurs the line between humor and tragedy, current and historical, high art and low art, natural and industrial, accusation and confession, and beautiful and grotesque. Hagelberg hopes that it will encourage the viewer to evaluate and challenge their own notions of meaning, value and beauty.

This closing reception includes:

• “Imagining Great Lakes Ecosystems,” a workshop facilitated by Borderbend. Participants will create artworks that focus on animal and plants found in the Great Lakes region, with an emphasis on how those living beings fit into their ecosystems. “Imagining Great Lakes Ecosystems” will include illustration, poetry, collage and sounds. Ongoing throughout the evening.
  
• Set of improvisations with analog synths and field recordings from Big Marsh, Van Vlissingen Prairie – performed by Norman Long
• “From the Scars of Industry, Nature Rebounds” – performed by Ed Herrmann (frame drum) and Dan Godston (cornet and small instruments)

above: Everybody's Last Supper
by Corey Hagelberg

Links:

• Beauty & Brawn Art Gallery and Think Space
• Corey Hagelberg
• "From the community: Liar, Liar, River On Fire Exhibition and 4th Anniversary Party for Beauty and Brawn Gallery" (Chicago Tribune, 3/4/2016)
  
• Ed Herrmann
  
• Lindsey Meyer
• Norman Long